Pig Farmers Take Action

Pork producers of all sizes and types are dedicated to raising a high-quality, ideal protein source and a safe food product for consumers in an environmentally friendly and humane manner.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pig abuse
• animal
• care
• HSUS
• factory farms
• welfare
• PETA
• Mercy for Animals

[ReinholdMessner1]

cement/concrete actually wears on pig hooves, keeping them at a manageable size. When hooves are not worn down naturally, the length creates weakness in the legs and ankles leading to lameness and ultimately euthenasia in some cases.

If you do not experience this in your operation you must have an extremely durable and strong animal... which typically does not make for very good meat.

[frecklefart3]

Yeah, it never really made sense to me why a farmer would abuse a pig when the farmer's income depended on the well-being of that pig. I know there are videos showing animal abuse out there, but we must careful not to take a few isolated cases and assume everyone does that.

[aaron7816]

@sherribailey75 We make personal sacrifices b/c we see the big picture & we care about others. We feed the masses & with our hogs, we produce a renewable resource for many products that would otherwise use up fossil fuels. I understand that u are a vegan and that is ur right, as it's our right to eat meat, I am not trying to make u eat meat. I am merely attempting to educate you and debunk the misconceptions u obviously have. Pork is definitely a business, but I'm proud to say it's much more!

[sherribailey75]

@aaron7816 Nope, don't eat gelatin. I don't buy any pills with a gelatin coating, I don't eat gello. I'm extremely aware of any kind of animal product contained in my food and other goods. I read labels very carefully. Why do these farmers make these personal sacrifices? Why don't they make personal sacrifices for something that doesn't result in billions of deaths of animals with intelligence equal to dogs, our beloved household pets? No, pork is all marketing, all big business.

[aaron7816]

@sherribailey75 U may not eat pork but if u use glass, glue, buttons, fabric dye, water filters, insulation, plastics, matches, make-up, linoleum, antifreeze, gelatin, chewing gum, or any of the other 500-plus pork byproducts then u still rely on the pork industry. Hog farmers make much more than just meat. BTW, if u had any clue the hard work & personal sacrifices farmers make u would understand why farms are passed from generation to generation. It's much more than just a paycheck.

[sherribailey75]

@aaron7816 I don't eat pork or any other meat, so you're not feeding me. And I'm not missing anything by not being fed by you. Farming is absolutely a business. If it wasn't a business, it would be a non-profit organization. Which it isn't, is it? Farmers do their work not because they care for animals, but because they care about making money off their animals. I would never choose a profession which involves the taking of someone else's life. It's bad karma. Read "The China Study."

[aaron7816]

@sherribailey75 They are not just businessmen, they are farmers & farming is not only a way of life, it is a business. They have to have an income, would u dedicate ur life, 7 days a wk for free? This is a business but we have a moral and ethical obligation to treat these animals well, as they said, “It’s the right thing to do.” Farmers have the most giving and respectable souls around. We feed millions for moderate wages, doing hard labor. If we didn't do this to feed the world who would?

[aaron7816]

@laureno07 We’re a small family-owned farm, we also raise contract pigs, & our pigs are healthy and produce great quality meat, which our family eats. The Pork Checkoff supports us and all the other family-owned hog farmers through media, research, education, seminars, etc. A huge misconception is that CAFO hogs are corp raised but they’re not, they’re corp owned and family raised. These companies support us economically & w/ vet care, among other things. They've allowed us to stay on the farm.

[sherribailey75]

@ekitsyekcul Actually, we don't have sharp incisors. Our teeth have the same structure as a chimpanzee, which subsists on a plant based diet. The incisors thing is a myth, a marketing idea concocted by meat producers to brainwash people like you into believe meat is a necessary part of your diet. Which it isn't. As far as animals being "tasty," that is utterly subjective. Some people can't stand the taste of pork, some hate beef, some hate chicken. "Tasty" is a subjective and relative term.

[sherribailey75]

@countryfuntime "mocking God?" how ignorant of you. have you not read the Bible? The Bible records at least one occasion when God spoke through an animal (Numbers 22:28-33). Animals, just like humans, are all part of God's design. We were not created to be meat-eaters. In the first chapter of the Bible, God made mankind responsible for His animals (Genesis 1-28). All animals are God's animals (Psalm 50:10) and we are answerable to God for our treatment, care and protection of them.